Be sure to read the "Countywide
Information," which is Docs Set # 6, below.

Program Ended in June 2015

See Set # 4, below.

Some of Santa Ana's "tickets" can be
ignored! If your ticket does not have the
Superior Court's name and address on it, it is a fake
ticket, what I call a "Snitch Ticket." For more
details, see the Snitch Ticket section on the Your
Ticket page.

Do you live in LA County? Was
Zev Yaroslavsky your County Supervisor? (He
represented the Third District, which includes the
central and western San Fernando Valley, Malibu, Santa
Monica, Venice, Beverly Hills, the City of West
Hollywood, and part of Hollywood.)

Zev "termed out," and in the Nov.
4, 2014 election Sheila Kuehl won the race to succeed
him, by a narrow margin.

Sheila "Kuehl Cams" Kuehl, in 2007

During her career in the California
Legislature, Kuehl made three attempts to pass bills to
allow the use of automated speed enforcement (photo
radar) in California.

We need to watch Kuehl carefully,
because as a Supervisor she will have a seat on the
MTA/Metro board and she will be a vote to continue and
expand their huge (101 cameras, so far) red light
camera system.Kuehl will be up for re-election in Nov.
2018 and Nov. 2022.

Do you live in Orange County, in or
near Tustin, Orange, Lake Forest, Placentia or Yorba
Linda? Is Donald Wagner your State
assemblymember?

Wagner, who probably will be running
for a Senate seat in 2016, was the sponsor of AB 2487, a
2014 bill which would have taken away your right to a
Trial de Novo.

Asm. Donald Wagner

Please don't reward him with your
vote.

Santa Ana Docs Set # 1Ticket
Counts

Violations
Recorded (some months) and Citations Issued
[4]

New 10-21-04, updated 7-15-15

01EU
01

01FA
01

01GR
01

17BI
01

17BO
01

17TU
01

BRED
01

BRSE
01

DYPU
01

EU01
01

FA01
01

FAED
01

HAMF
01

HAWA
01

HAWE
01

NEHA
01

SAMA
01

SERA
01

TU17
01

WAHA
01

WEHA
01

1st
WB
@
Euc-
lid

Thru
Right

1st
EB
@
Fair-
view

Thru
Right
Left

1st
WB
@
Grand

Thru
Right

17th
EB
@
Bris-
tol

Thru
Right

17th
WB
@
Broad-
way

Thru
Right

17th
WB
@
Tus-
tin

Brook-
hurst
NB
@
Edin-
ger

Left

Bris-
tol
SB
@
Seg-
er-
strom

Dyer
WB
@
Pull-
man

Euc-
lid
SB
@
1st

Thru
Right

Fair-
view
SB
@
1st

Thru
Right
Left

Fair-
view
NB
@
Edin-
ger

Left

Har-
bor
NB
@
Mc-
fad-
den

Thru

Har-
bor
NB
@
War-
ner

Thru
Right

Har-
bor
NB
@
West-
min-
ster/
17th
Thru
Right
Left

New-
hope
SB
@
Haz-
ard

Santa
Ana
WB
@
Main

Seg-
er-
strom
WB
@
Raitt

Tus-
tin
SB
@
17th

War-
ner
WB
@
Har-
bor

Thru
Right

West-
min-
ster/
17th
WB
@
Har-
bor
Thru
Right
Left

Total
Cites
Issued
as %
of
Re-
corded

Total
Re-
corded/
Issued

[1]

Avg.
Issued
Per
Month

Multi-
month
Reports
[12] [14]

May03

Jun03

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Jul03

82
39

0

0

5

11

-

0

-

-

37

0

0

130

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

55%

402
222

Aug03

467
190

0

0

136

178

-

0

-

-

292

0

0

72

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

51%

1704
868

Sep03

384
201

0

0

107

170

-

0

-

-

247

0

0

88

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

48%

1704
813

Oct03

326
148

0

0

124

180

-

0

-

-

208

0

0

108

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

46%

1669
768

Nov03

224
137

0

175

129

157

-

0

-

-

157

0

0

67

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

52%

1581
822

Dec03

36
18

0

419

92

128

-

0

-

-

74

0

70

89

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

44%

2034
890

2003

Jan04

121
63

0

169

131

157

-

0

-

-

70

0

52

103

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

55%

1353
745

Feb04

131
95

0

237

121

137

-

0

-

-

77

0

33

108

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

61%

1320
808

Mar04

170
103

0

284

103

121

-

0

-

-

103

0

61

113

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

56%

1586
888

Apr04

184
106

89
44

280

96

107

-

0

-

-

110

65

50

61

0

0

-

-

-

-

0

0

59%

1550
919

May04

165
109

146
55

171

92

101

-

119

-

-

91

107

36

99

67

-

-

-

-

24
10

97

48%

2405
1154

Jun04

166
97

127
35

175

92

73

-

120

-

-

116

71

35

73

49

-

-

-

-

38
22

124

50%

2161
1082

Jul04

488
206

200
68

197

46

69

-

109

-

-

127

108

31

103

50

64

-

-

-

-

1134
231

107

40%

3815
1516

Aug04

454
226

324
152

207

84

88

-

97

-

-

115

96

42

72

68

89

-

-

-

-

2482
776

99

43%

5239
2271

Sep04

411
213

337
104

459
266

161
86

197
63

-

155
108

-

-

236
138

142
72

57
14

122
63

246
75

146
68

-

-

-

-

1984
569

181
83

40%

4834
1922

Oct04

319
174

280
158

446
339

183
120

199
74

-

130
98

-

-

250
161

153
68

47
8

260
91

217
52

181
82

-

-

-

-

896
363

198
102

50%

3759
1890

Nov04

154

179

265

121

88

-

52

-

-

86

55

11

70

17

31

-

-

-

-

147

84

54%

2509
1360

Dec04

223

150

284

118

156

-

15

-

-

120

78

20

86

17

74

-

-

-

-

86

75

67%

2257
1502

2003-
2004
(16 mos.)
[5]

3822
1978

1235
482

4083
2628

3316
1454

3936
1748

-

743
568

-

-

3938
2045

897
531

1004
430

4472
2422

1113
314

464
227

-

-

-

-

5698
1697

1104
521

48%

35825
17045

1065

2004
[11]

16057

1338

Jan05

199

161

258

141

124

-

149

-

-

110

77

21

83

38

92

-

-

-

-

280

98

74%

2470
1831

Feb05

176

93

245

98

128

-

189

-

-

104

69

23

81

88

101

-

-

-

-

230

90

62%

2777
1715

Mar05

171

74

275

73

87

-

158

-

-

106

65

46

81

87

83

-

-

-

-

271

111

56%

3005
1688

Apr05

May05

Jun05

Jul05

387
169

236
41

447
211

153
64

1421
284

327
146

0
0

0
0

367
129

63
24

111
69

233
81

185
57

0
0

0
0

386
201

224
78

641
201

246
99

34%

5427
1854

0ct5

3339
1907

2005
[11]

21588
(Proj.)

1799
(Proj.)

Jan06

294
140

168
71

345
223

163
91

456
196

180
81

264
123

424
240

247
106

106
66

67
39

125
51

139
64

0
0

0
0

187
126

221
68

639
227

106
44

47%

4131
1956

Apr06

3530
2283

Jul06

331
168

179
62

364
209

264
123

521
189

246
146

343
157

255
118

235
80

105
55

79
40

126
56

162
88

506
287

0
0

271
125

267
97

602
180

201
79

47%

5057
2259

0ct06

3111
1451

2006
[11]

23847
(Proj.)

1987
(Proj.)

Jan07

227
132

132
51

238
127

148
86

278
109

105
42

257
159

158
114

153
72

33
18

58
32

75
19

107
49

182
77

0
0

169
83

183
57

0
0

46
10

49%

2549
1237

Apr07

2293
1367

Jul07

281
157

183
41

243
134

117
64

262
97

159
98

178
106

179
114

185
73

46
27

66
30

109
69

92
41

143
51

322
53

207
72

174
75

372
127

27
11

43%

3345
1434

0ct07

2572
1693

2007
(9
mos.)
[7]

1678
1095

928
370

1782
1130

1038
625

1168
666

1366
759

1076
598

1838
1273

1580
987

830
522

271
135

388
191

633
358

666
312

1126
752

266
131

1304
697

979
572

1465
724

264
117

58%

20646
12014

2007
[13]

26709
16740

1395

Jan08

171
94

149
67

226
129

145
92

242
110

95
52

377
208

185
135

146
67

39
14

40
14

128
60

67
25

170
74

66
31

138
79

192
74

304
117

37
11

50%

2917
1453

Apr08

2231
1413

Jul08

158
84

127
17

181
74

127
66

228
70

109
68

359
211

225
149

123
58

37
17

249
93

124
48

41
20

212
77

69
20

149
82

151
60

313
63

26
8

43%

3008
1285

0ct08

2695
1602

2008
[11]

17259
(Proj.)

1438
(Proj.)

Jan09

130
61

141
61

160
94

62
38

225
107

63
42

162
71

154
111

107
49

48
18

268
68

119
43

61
22

104
40

49
20

98
63

177
65

293
107

25
14

45%

2440
1094

Apr09
[8]

2687
1186

Jul09

100
32

151
54

174
81

81
40

272
104

145
91

249
145

257
150

108
30

45
21

291
68

96
39

105
55

127
39

61
15

112
65

214
69

322
107

32
10

41%

2942
1215

Oct09
[8]

2923
1462

2009
[13]

24103
14613

1218

Jan10

99
46

144
59

178
110

84
47

223
115

76
39

218
120

152
90

97
45

45
12

260
75

127
52

42
19

84
42

51
15

113
23

157
46

312
127

23
10

44%

2485
1092

Apr10
[8]

2683
1319

Jul10

104
50

131
44

172
101

102
58

233
105

79
41

294
190

162
105

85
38

36
22

298
65

96
47

73
30

140
56

52
15

186
116

151
56

255
92

38
20

47%

2687
1251

Oct10
[8]

2863
1374

2010
[11]

15108
(Proj.)

1259
(Proj.)

Jan11

84
45

105
51

121
78

128
87

235
114

157
119

241
162

151
116

71
27

38
17

189
45

79
26

70
37

98
43

41
16

125
78

130
45

212
90

28
14

53%

2303
1210

Feb11
[8]

2321
1180

Mar11
[8]

2620
1346

Apr11

108
48

91
45

76
43

86
31

76
46

224
102

150
103

277
183

179
122

47
23

50
18

0
0

289
71

51
16

80
35

103
40

42
10

154
93

158
65

204
81

31
12

48%

2476
1187

May11
[8]

2509
1180

Jun11
[8]

2651
1292

Jul11

120
55

114
31

206
85

80
50

241
123

122
77

308
213

214
134

49
25

55
24

349
94

81
37

85
35

116
48

66
22

162
82

164
59

197
73

31
9

46%

2760
1276

Aug11
[8]

2978
1426

Sep11
[8]

2973
1370

Oct11

137
72

95
36

265
157

111
67

88
37

281
147

102
73

383
265

248
181

67
27

97
40

0
0

253
80

73
28

87
47

128
65

48
17

201
132

168
50

301
122

33
4

52%

3169
1647

Nov11
[8]

2399
1407

Dec11
[8]

2755
1469

2011
[13]

24583
15489

1291

01EU
01

01FA
01

01GR
01

17BI
01

17BO
01

17TU
01

BRED
01

BRSE
01

DYPU
01

EU01
01

FA01
01

FAED
01

HAMF
01

HAWA
01

HAWE
01

NEHA
01

SAMA
01

SERA
01

TU17
01

WAHA
01

WEHA
01

Jan12

119
68

106
47

274
155

100
27

99
59

243
150

110
80

319
208

279
221

83
32

80
25

0
0

45
32

66
29

31
17

131
62

35
15

197
109

145
51

240
88

30
14

55%

2732
1489

Feb12
[8]

229
126

503
178

51%

2942
1503

Mar12
[8]

196
97

549
153

43%

3336
1445

Apr12

93
37

122
67

278
133

0
0

215
93

232
99

145
95

329
249

284
212

64
29

89
34

0
0

155
77

98
53

107
45

129
67

33
15

551
183

141
52

227
98

37
21

50%

3329
1660

May12
[8]

133
44

564
186

48%

3654
1753

Jun12
[8]

162
96

604
222

46%

4217
1944

Jul12

192
105

111
43

340
160

0
0

209
102

302
187

159
115

329
259

327
188

63
36

107
43

0
0

158
70

67
43

95
44

151
69

43
20

960
310

161
69

236
64

45
26

48%

4055
1953

Aug12
[8]

392
211

647
233

49%

3751
1848

Sep12
[9]

189
105

110
52

354
194

0
0

201
130

232
147

175
119

384
262

354
262

70
38

66
36

0
0

121
59

100
62

115
58

138
68

58
31

527
220

129
55

251
76

53
16

55%

3627
1990

Oct12
[8]

3880
2258

Nov12
[8]

3411
1825

Dec12
[8]

3491
1953

2012
[11]

21261

1772

Jan13
[8]

3540
1897

Feb13
[8]

3441
2055

Mar13
[8]

4955
2267

Apr13
[8]

320
181

318
167

370
276

382
243

755
224

4345
2156

May -
Aug13
4 mos
[8] [12]

-
2169

14718
8674

Jun13

-
2169

Jul13

-
2169

Aug13

-
2169

Sep13

3379
1985

Oct13

211
138

132
77

305
221

137
87

169
111

248
190

222
147

278
191

424
324

96
55

64
41

-
-

90
56

133
89

100
61

84
59

48
31

446
252

119
85

193
136

47
25

3546
2376

Nov13
[8]

3129
1953

Dec13
[8]

3048
1808

2013
[11]

25173
(Proj.)

2098
(Proj.)

Jan14
[14]

4729
2001

9715
5241

Feb14
[14]

2139
1450

Mar14
[14]

194
108

109
42

173
115

191
128

0
0

251
148

219
142

195
168

360
256

57
40

44
17

0
0

136
78

85
46

169
89

69
57

46
21

252
167

67
47

168
100

62
21

63%

2847
1790

Apr14
[14]

2189
1293

Mar14-
Aug14
(6
mos.)
[14]

-
94

-
40

-
107

-
98

-
-

-
142

-
132

-
150

-
224

-
33

-
22

-
-

-
61

-
51

-
69

-
48

-
22

-
146

-
37

-
84

-
20

-
1580

17607
9483

May14
[14]

3812
1988

Jun14
[14]

2574
1232

Jul14
[14]

3812
1988

Aug14
[14]

2373
1191

Sep14

2998
1281

Oct14

2340
798

Nov14

147
27

145
32

84
26

192
55

0
0

164
45

143
42

178
71

235
94

35
8

35
8

0
0

92
19

128
35

112
25

76
26

39
16

217
81

64
20

225
26

45
10

2356
666

Dec14

[15]

[15]

2317
664

2014
[11]

47%

34486
16342

1361

Jan15

24%

2063
496

Feb15

19%

2241
426

Mar15

10%

2433
236

Apr15

14%

2721
390

May15

44%

2514
1102

Jun15
(adjusted)
[14]

54%

2290
1241
[14]

[16]

C

L

O

S

E

D

J

U

N

E

1

8

2015
[11]

01EU
01

01FA
01

01GR
01

17BI
01

17BO
01

17TU
01

BRED
01

BRSE
01

DYPU
01

EU01
01

FA01
01

FAED
01

HAMF
01

HAWA
01

HAWE
01

NEHA
01

SAMA
01

SERA
01

TU17
01

WAHA
01

WEHA
01

1st
WB
@
Euc-
lid

Thru
Right

1st
EB
@
Fair-
view

Thru
Right
Left

1st
WB
@
Grand

Thru
Right

17th
EB
@
Bris-
tol

Thru
Right

17th
WB
@
Broad-
way

Thru
Right

17th
WB
@
Tus-
tin

Brook-
hurst
NB
@
Edin-
ger

Left

Bris-
tol
SB
@
Seg-
er-
strom

Dyer
WB
@
Pull-
man

Euc-
lid
SB
@
1st

Thru
Right

Fair-
view
SB
@
1st

Thru
Right
Left

Fair-
view
NB
@
Edin-
ger

Left

Har-
bor
NB
@
Mc-
fad-
den

Thru

Har-
bor
NB
@
War-
ner

Thru
Right

Har-
bor
NB
@
West-
min-
ster/
17th
Thru
Right
Left

New-
hope
SB
@
Haz-
ard

Santa
Ana
WB
@
Main

Seg-
er-
strom
WB
@
Raitt

Tus-
tin
SB
@
17th

War-
ner
WB
@
Har-
bor

Thru
Right

West-
min-
ster/
17th
WB
@
Har-
bor
Thru
Right
Left

Total
Cites
Issued
as %
of
Re-
corded

Total
Re-
corded/
Issued

[1]

Avg.
Issued
Per
Month

Multi-
month
Reports
[12] [14]

Ticketing HighlightsTicketing during 2013 (projection based upon the 11
months of 2013 data in the table above) was 63% higher
than during 2011.

Ticketing during the last two months of the program, May
and June 2015, was three times
higher than it was earlier in 2015.

This table made by highwayrobbery.net, using official
monthly tabulations of citations actually issued.

[ ] indicates a footnote.[1] Totals are as provided by the City.[2] Data was requested on:[3] Un-used columns are to allow for later
expansion of City's system.[4] Except where noted otherwise, the figures
given in the table are for the single calendar month
indicated. Any figures in red type (or, if you are
looking at this table in black and white, the upper figure
when there are two or more figures in a cell) are what
RedFlex calls Total Violations, or all incidents recorded
by the cameras. The figures in black type
are what RedFlex calls Notices Printed, and represent the
sum of genuine citations issued (those filed with the
court) plus any Nominations mailed (not filed with
the court, a.k.a. Snitch Tickets). Due to time limitations
data may have been posted to the table only for selected
months or locations. If there is sufficient public
interest, the remaining months or locations will be
posted. Full official data has been received and is
available at one of the links given above.

[5] Figures in
this row cover June 1, 2003 to Oct. 1, 2004.[6] Each column represents one camera.[7] Figures
in this row cover Jan. 1, 2007 to Sept. 25, 2007.[8] Intersection-by-intersection data for
this month has been received, is available at the links
above, but has not yet been fully posted, due to time
limitations.[9] The official report for this month was
produced a few days before the end of the month, so the
number of Notices Printed indicated in the report is an
estimated 20% lower than the number that eventually will
be printed for the complete month.[10] Monthly report has not yet been
requested.[11] Annual totals, or annual projections
(2013) based upon monthly data shown in table above, are
by highwayrobbery.net. [12] The City provided a report covering a
four month and eight day period. That report was
produced on the day following the last day of the period,
so for purposes of making a projection of the number of
Notices Printed in 2013, the period was taken as 4.0
months.[13] The annual totals shown in the table
above are as provided by the City. For 2011, when
the twelve monthly totals are added up, the annual total
is 15990.[14] The totals for some of these months were
calculated by highwayrobbery.net.
In 2014 the City provided a report covering Jan. - Mar.
2014, and later provided calendar-month reports for Feb.
and Mar. 2014. The figures shown above for Jan. 2014
are the three-month total minus the two individual
months.
Also in 2014 the City provided a report covering Mar. -
Aug. 2014 and later provided calendar-month reports for
four of the months included. The figures shown above
for the months of May and July are the six-month total
minus the four months, divided by two. The
camera-by-camera figures shown on the line for the
six-month report are the figures from that report, divided
by six, and add up to 1580.
To adjust for the closing of the program on June 18, the
figures shown above for June 2015 are the figures from the
City-provided report times 1.67. [15] Part of the 17th/Tustin intersection is
unincorporated land, not part of the City of Santa
Ana. On Oct. 7, 2014 the Orange County Board of
Supervisors voted to ban all
cameras in unincorporated areas, so one or both of the
17th/Tustin cameras will be removed some time in late 2014
or early 2015.[16] See Set # 4, below.

The first appellant fought her ticket based upon a
number of foundational objections, among
them that Vehicle Code Section 21455.5 says, in part:
"Prior to issuing citations under this section,
a local jurisdiction utilizing an automated traffic
enforcement system shall commence
a program to issue only warning notices for 30 days."
For more details, and case documents, seePeople
v. Anna V.

In 2009 there was a trial decision on both the contract
issue (Defect # 10-B) and the issue
of the required public announcement (30 days before the
commencement of the program).
SeePeople
v.
Lori
A. & Murray

Santa Ana, Nov. 24, 2004 Trial Session:
No Traffic School After Trial
On Nov. 24 I attended the weekly Wednesday afternoon
trial session in Div. C-46.
In the hallway before the trial session, the SAPD
officers were willing to discuss
their ticket with any defendant who wished to do so.
Among the things they told
the defendants was that the judge didn't give traffic
school to those who argued
their cases and lost.
The session was presided over by Commissioner Duane
Thomas Neary. One defendant,
before trying his case, asked Comm. Neary if he could
still get traffic school
if he tried his case. The commissioner replied,
"Not very likely. Unless you show me
some wonderful evidence during the trial, you're not
going to be able to go to traffic school."
Needless to say, that defendant and all but one of the
others grabbed
traffic school and did not try their cases.

(For highwayrobbery.net's opinion about traffic school,
see the editorial on the Links page.)

In 2008 the city council extended their 2002
contract one year, to June 2009, at the same rent
they agreed to in 2002, $5370 per camera per
month. The 2008 council action also
allowed the police
chief to extend the contract one more year.

Had the Santa Ana council negotiated a $2900 rent
like that in Garden
Grove's
2007
contract,
it could have saved $2470 per camera per month, or
$1,126,320 for the nineteen cameras
over the 24 months of the two contract extensions.

In the 2010 Amendment the City agreed
to pay $3900 per month for up to twenty existing
cameras, for five more years.
At that price the City could pay $1,080,000 too much
over the five years (when compared with a $3000 target
price). See FAQ # 17.

The contract contains no escape clause should a
future city council wish to terminate the contract, or
if the voters terminate the contract via
initiative. A complete contract will include a
formula by which the cost of such a Termination for
Convenience is to be calculated. For an example of
such a formula, see Section 6.2 in Victorville's
original contract (available on the Victorville
Documents page).

Cost Neutrality Retained in Contract, and Active

In the 2010 Amendment there is the prominent use of
the term "Fixed Fee"(twice in the first two paragraphs
of the Compensation section), so a reader could be
left with the impression that cost neutrality has been
eliminated and the Contract is now in full conformity
with Subsection 21455.5(g) (as of 2013, Section
21455.5(h)). However, such conformity is not the
case at all. Rather, a more careful reading of
the Contract and amendments reveals that in spite of
the clear meaning and intent of Subsection
21455.5(g)(1) (as of 2013, Subsection 21455.5 (h)(1)),
the City and RedFlex have entered into an arrangement
where RedFlex' income is dependent upon, and can
fluctuate with, the amount of City's revenue from
tickets. The methodology of that arrangement is
expressed in Paragraph 26(a) of the 2002 Contract,
"Miscellaneous Provisions," which states:

"… based on a bi-annual review process to ensure
received revenue provides for sufficient cost
recovery, the City shall have the option to
renegotiate the Compensation... if the City determines
it is unable to recover its costs..."

A 2013 public records request, which asked for
copies of any bi-annual reviews done between 2001 and
2013, got this written answer:

"No documents responsive to your request."

Although the City did not provide documents about
bi-annual reviews, March
2013 invoices show a $20,672 credit
described as "Concession for Performance,"
and invoices
from
mid-2013 and late
2013 show more such credits. In
Apr. 2014 highwayrobbery.net asked the City for:

"All correspondence, both internal and external,
dated Jan. 1, 2010 to the present, regarding the
justification for, the negotiation of, or the
negotiation of the amount of the Concessions for
Performance and other similar credits shown on Redflex
invoices for services rendered after 2009 but
otherwise without regard to their date or to how they
are entitled. Examples of such credits being
those shown on the Redflex invoices dated 4-30-10,
4-30-11, 4-30-12, 4-30-13, 5-31-13, 6-30-13, 7-31-13,
10-31-13, 11-30-13, 12-31-13."

The City's reply was:

"There are no documents responsive to your request."

Program Ended June 2015

At the Mar. 18, 2014 council meeting the
council voted, unanimously, to let the program close
on June 21, 2015, the expiration date of the
contract. Staff
Report

And, at the Feb. 17, 2015 council meeting the
council voted to receive and file (take no action on)
a police memo
pointing out the financial effect of ending the
program.

Per a letter highwayrobbery.net received from police
department staff in July 2015, the actual closing date
was June 18.

(This list of contracts and amendments was up-to-date
as of 5-5-15.)

Docs Set # 5Dec.
2009: City Blinks, Suspends Ticketing for
1-Month Warning Period

On Dec. 1, 2009 the OC Register published an article
indicating that the City was suspending ticketing
for a month, to bring itself into compliance
with the requirement for a 1-month warning
period.
The article did not reveal whether tickets issued
prior to the new warning period would be dismissed.If you have a Santa Ana ticket, please be sure to
contact the editor of this site.

Docs Set # 6Countywide
Information

The info in Set # 6 is
applicable throughout Orange County. But only
in Orange County.

Revenue Down

Court-provided revenue reports show
that beginning in late 2011, red light ticket
revenue was down, sharply, in most OC cities.
My
SpreadsheetRevenue in some
cities was off by half. But this doesn't
mean that half of those ticketed still were paying
their tickets. It means that if 60% (a
guess) were paying their tickets prior to the
drop, after the drop it would be more like 30%.

Why was revenue
down? It could be that OC motorists
thought they were in LA County, where in June 2011
it was revealed that paying is optional (because the
LA County Superior Court does not report delinquent
tickets to the DMV).

The 2004 - 2005 OC Grand Jury did a report on red
light cameras. That report, and the cities'
(required) responses, are on the Grand Jury'sreports
page.

If you wish to read grand jury reports from other
counties, about their red light cameras, go to the
Grand Jury entry on the Site Index.

Amnesty?

Do you have an OLD ticket that you've been meaning
to pay? There is a statewide
amnesty, starting Oct. 1, 2015. See
the big box near the top of Section # 3,
Handling Your Ticket, on the Your Ticket page.

Docs Set # 7"Late
Time" Graphs

The City has been asked for bar
graphs of Late Times, etcetera.
These graphs track violations recorded, not tickets
issued.
Where there is a large number of long Late Time
violations in a curb lane, it is believed to
indicate heavy ticketing on right turns.
(The curb lane will be the lane with the highest
lane number.)

The picture above is an example from
another city.

So far, the City has refused to provide the bar
graphs. Santa Ana has claimed, at various
times:

"The City does not have access to
that report."

"Your request seeks information that
is not maintained by the City."

Bar graphs have been received from
more than fifty other cities - see the list
in the expanded version of Defect # 9.

Docs Set # 8More Coming

There may be some more information posted in the next
few weeks. Mark your calendar to remind you
to come back here and look!